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Ilford 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The average length of stay in hospital was for:—
Scarlet Fever 50.8 days.
Diphtheria 36.7
Tuberculous Diseases 90.4 ,,
Average stay in Hospital of all
cases 50.5 „
The above averages are based on cases that completed their
stay in Hospital during the year.
Average number of patients in Hospital per day, 49.0.
Scarlet Fever.— The 115 cases admitted to Hospital were
distributed among the following age groups:—
Under 1 1—5 5—15 15—25 25—35 35—45 Over 45
— 21 80 13 1 — —
One death occurred from scarlet fever during the year. The
disease was complicated by purpura and occurred in a child of 3½
years.
The following table shows the percentage death-rate of cases of scarlet fever admitted to the Ilford Isolation Hospital during the past five years:—
| 1919. | 1920. | 1921. | 1922. | 1923. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | .8 |
The following complications occurred in the patients admitted:—
Rheumatism 6.0 per cent.
Albuminuria 8.6 „
Adenitis 21.7 „
Otitis 4.3 „
Purpura .8 „
One child was operated on for adenoids to clear up a chronic
nasal discharge.
Diphtheria.— The 113 cases admitted to Hospital were distributed
among the following age groups:—
Under 1 1—5 5—15 15—25 25—35 35—45 Over 45
— 23 61 15 7 6 1
Five deaths from diphtheria occurred during the year All
of these died from severe toxic diphtheria with cardiac failure.
Three died within twenty-four hours of admission, the disease
being too advanced to re-act to treatment. Apart from the cases